Heavy Truck Mechanic - Hampton

About the role

The Heavy Truck Mechanic - Hampton is responsible for diagnosing and repairing heavy dump trucks, ready mix trucks, and other truck fleet maintenance issues. The role involves ensuring a safe work environment, assisting in DOT rule compliance, performing repairs and preventive maintenance, conducting random inspections, and performing other duties as needed.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe work environment in compliance with all safety policies and procedures using the appropriate tools and equipment for the task.
• Assist in ensuring DOT rules and guidelines are met for DOT trucks and notify the supervisor when these guidelines are not being adhered to.
• Assist in the repair and overhaul of the various equipment which will include insofar as is practical, autos and trucks, pumps, air compressors, transmissions, controls, and accessories, etc.
• Assist in the role of the field mechanic to make the repairs necessary in the field and perform preventive maintenance practices necessary to increase service life of the equipment.
• Perform random inspections to ensure all DOT regulations are being performed.
• Perform all other duties deemed necessary or assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma / GED
• Minimum 5 years of experience with heavy trucks preferred.

Skills Required

• Effective communication and organization skills.
• Diagnose and repair heavy Dump Trucks, Ready Mix Trucks, and light-duty vehicles.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Effective communication and organization skills.
• Experienced with diesel engines, hydraulic components, and electrical systems.
• Able to perform repairs in accordance with OSHA safety regulations.
• Valid driver's license.
• Mechanical aptitude.

Physical Demands

• Job requires the following motions: climbing, bending, squatting, pushing, pulling, vibrating, and reaching.
• Requires lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Overtime work is required.
• Potential exposure to extremes of hot or cold weather.

About Branscome

OUR COMPANY
For more than 60 years in Virginia, our crews have been safely delivering the infrastructure that our communities are built on. We take immense pride in building the things that you can see, but also those you can’t. Camaraderie in the field, with our clients, and out in the community is the spirit that drives our dedication and commitment to excellence.

OUR TEAM
When you work for Branscome, you join our innovative team in completing the area’s most important large-scale, fast-track projects. You help us provide excavation, site work, underground utilities, asphalt paving, ready-mix concrete, and more to a slew of satisfied clients, including VDOT, Norfolk International Terminal, numerous local governments, private developers, and corporate entities. At Branscome, workers take pride in their work and inspire each other with their teamwork, innovation, and enthusiasm. This attitude of excellence generates the superior customer service that Branscome is known for.

OUR BENEFITS
Branscome benefits include health, dental, vision, life insurance, paid time off, retirement savings and professional development.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Branscome is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of this Company to assure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, religion, sex, color, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and any other characteristic protected by law. Such action shall include: employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, and/or on-the-job training.